Portrait miniature of a lady, possibly a member of the Leigh family, in a white dress and coral necklace
signed and dated ‘Hargreaves / March 1808’ (on the backing card)
on ivory (ref 3ZU4NAXM)
oval, 79mm high
in a gilt-metal mount within rectangular black wood frame, within leather presentation case
Estimate: | £600 - £800 |
Hammer price: | £950 |
Provenance
The Albion Collection;
Bonhams, London, 22 April 2004, lot 139
Private collection, UK
Exhibited
Bath, The Holburne Museum of Art and Edinburgh, Phillips
Auction House, Secret Passion to Noble Fashion, 1999.
Edinburgh, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, The Albion
Collection Loan, 2000-2003.